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“The brain seems a thoroughfare for nerve-action passing its way to the motor animal. It has been remarked that Life's aim is an act not a thought. To-day the dictum must be modified to admit that, often, to refrain from an act is no less an act than to commit one, because inhibition is coequally with excitation a nervous activity.”

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Charles Scott Sherrington
Charles Scott Sherrington

Charles Scott Sherrington was a British neurophysiologist born on November 27, 1857, and died on March 4, 1952. He is renowned for his extensive research on the nervous system, particularly his contributions to the neuromuscular junction. Sherrington's work laid the foundation for the development of neuroscience. more

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